L1definition
keli-tātparyavaty eva sambhogecchā-mayī bhavet |
tad-bhāvecchātmikā tāsām bhāva-mādhurya-kāmitā ||
keli-tātparyavatīone whose whole aim is amorous play — the desire fixed on love-sport itself nom. sg. fem. bahuvrīhi, describing the tṛṣṇāजिस (तृष्णा) का तात्पर्य केलि (प्रेम-क्रीड़ा) में हो, ऐसी
evaprecisely this one, marking it off from the other kindही
sambhoga-icchā-mayīis made of the longing for direct union -mayī 'consisting of'वह संभोग अर्थात् मिलन की इच्छा से बनी होती है
bhavetis / turns out to be optative, definingहोती है (यह लक्षण कहा जाता है)
tat-bhāva-icchā-ātmikāthe one whose very nature is the wish to have that mood nom. sg. fem., the second type(दूसरी) उस भाव की इच्छास्वरूपा होती है
tāsāmof those women — the gopī companions gen. pl. fem.उन (नायिकाओं) की
bhāva-mādhurya-kāmitāis the craving for the sweetness of the moodभाव की माधुरी की कामना वाली
keli-tātparyavatī eva — precisely the desire aimed at love-play; sambhoga-icchā-mayī bhavet — is the one made of longing for direct union; tat-bhāva-icchā-ātmikā — the one whose nature is the wish for that mood; tāsām — of those gopīs; bhāva-mādhurya-kāmitā — is the craving for the sweetness of the mood.
keli-tātparyavatī — जिसका तात्पर्य केलि में हो ऐसी (तृष्णा); eva — ही; sambhoga-icchā-mayī — संभोग (मिलन) की इच्छामयी; bhavet — होती है; tat-bhāva-icchā-ātmikā — उस भाव की इच्छास्वरूपा (दूसरी); tāsām — उन (नायिकाओं) की; bhāva-mādhurya-kāmitā — भाव-माधुर्य की कामना वाली।
There are two kinds of longing. The first is fixed on love-play itself; that one is made of the desire for direct union (sambhoga). The second has a different nature: it is the wish to have the mood, not the union. For those gopīs, that second longing is the craving to taste the sweetness of the sentiment itself.
यहाँ दो प्रकार की तृष्णा बताई जाती है। पहली — जिसका तात्पर्य केलि (प्रेम-क्रीड़ा) में हो, वह संभोग अर्थात् मिलन की इच्छामयी होती है। दूसरी — उन (नायिकाओं) की, जो केवल उस भाव की इच्छास्वरूपा होती है, अर्थात् भाव की माधुरी की कामना वाली होती है।
sambhoga (home meaning: erotic union, direct enjoyment; here: the nāyikā's desire for union with Kṛṣṇa) vs bhāva (the inner mood/sentiment). The verse contrasts wanting the union with wanting only the mood.
संभोग का मूल अर्थ है मिलन या साक्षात् आस्वादन; यहाँ इसका तात्पर्य है नायिका की कृष्ण से मिलने की इच्छा। इसके विपरीत भाव का अर्थ है भीतरी मनोभाव। यह श्लोक मिलन की चाह और केवल भाव की चाह — इन दोनों में अन्तर दिखाता है।
Commentary — decoded
Jīva Gosvāmī
s1gloss
sambhogo’tra samprayogaḥ |
sambhogaḥthe word 'sambhoga''संभोग' (शब्द का अर्थ)
atrahere, in this verse loc. of place-in-textयहाँ (इस प्रसंग में)
samprayogaḥmeans 'coming fully together' — unionसम्यक् संयोग अर्थात् मिलन
sambhogaḥ — the word sambhoga; atra — here; samprayogaḥ — means union (samprayoga).
sambhogaḥ — 'संभोग'; atra — यहाँ; samprayogaḥ — सम्यक् संयोग (मिलन)।
Jīva first fixes the word. Here 'sambhoga' means samprayoga — coming together, union.
यहाँ 'संभोग' का अर्थ है सम्यक् संयोग अर्थात् मिलन।
s2gloss
kelir api sa eva, bhāva-mādhuryasya kāmitā yasyāṁ sā ||
keliḥ apithe word 'keli' (love-play) too api 'as well''केलि' भी
sa evameans just that same thing — union againवही (सम्यक् संयोग) है
bhāva-mādhuryasyaof the sweetness of the mood gen., what is cravedभाव की माधुरी की (जिसकी कामना हो)
kāmitāthe cravingकामना
yasyāmin whom [that craving lies] loc. sg. fem., relativeजिस (तृष्णा) में हो
sāshe is the one so described resolving the bahuvrīhi bhāva-mādhurya-kāmitāवह (तृष्णा — इस प्रकार बहुव्रीहि खुलता है)
keliḥ api — the word keli also; sa eva — means that same union; bhāva-mādhuryasya kāmitā yasyām sā — she in whom lies the craving for the sweetness of the mood, that is 'bhāva-mādhurya-kāmitā'.
keliḥ api — 'केलि' भी; sa eva — वही (संयोग); bhāva-mādhuryasya — भाव-माधुर्य की; kāmitā — कामना; yasyām — जिस में (हो); sā — वह (तृष्णा)।
The word 'keli' also means that same union. And Jīva unpacks the compound bhāva-mādhurya-kāmitā: she in whom lies the craving for the sweetness of the mood — that is the woman the verse is naming.
'केलि' का अर्थ भी वही (संयोग) है। और भाव-माधुर्य की कामना जिस तृष्णा में हो, वह 'भाव-माधुर्य-कामिता' कहलाती है।
Mukunda-dāsa Gosvāmī
s1avataranika
ete vyākhyāyete—kelīti |
etethese two [lines / desires] nom. dual, the pair set up in the verse
vyākhyāyeteare now being explained passive dual
kelī itiby the words beginning 'keli…' — i.e. commenting on the verse's phrase
ete — these two; vyākhyāyete — are being explained; kelī iti — under the lemma 'keli…'.
Mukunda opens: these two lines are now taken up for explanation, starting from the word 'keli'.
s2gloss
keli-tātparyam asty asyāṁ tṛṣṇāyām iti keli-tātparyavatī nāyikā-bhāvābhilāṣa-svarūpety arthaḥ |
keli-tātparyaman aim set on love-play
astiis present
asyām tṛṣṇāyāmin this longing loc., the thirst under discussion
iti— that is why —
keli-tātparyavatīshe is called 'keli-tātparyavatī', having that aim on love-play
nāyikā-bhāva-abhilāṣa-svarūpāwhose very form is the yearning to be the heroine — Kṛṣṇa's beloved bahuvrīhi describing the longing
iti arthaḥthat is the meaning
asyām tṛṣṇāyām keli-tātparyam asti iti — because an aim on love-play is present in this longing; keli-tātparyavatī — she is 'keli-tātparyavatī'; nāyikā-bhāva-abhilāṣa-svarūpā iti arthaḥ — meaning: her form is the yearning to be the heroine.
Mukunda explains the first type. Because an aim set on love-play is present in this longing, it is called 'having its aim in love-play' (keli-tātparyavatī). Its very nature is the yearning to be the nāyikā — to be Kṛṣṇa's own beloved.
nāyikā-bhāva (dramaturgical term: the stance of the heroine/leading lady toward the hero; here: the gopī's desire to stand to Kṛṣṇa as his beloved in union).
s3gloss
eva-kāro nirdhāraṇe |
eva-kāraḥthe word 'eva' (in 'keli-tātparyavaty eva')
nirdhāraṇeis there to single this one out — to mark off this kind from the other loc. 'in the sense of'
eva-kāraḥ — the particle eva; nirdhāraṇe — is used for singling-out (nirdhāraṇa).
The little word 'eva' is doing a job: it singles this type out, distinguishing the union-longing from the mood-longing that follows.
nirdhāraṇa (grammatical: selecting one member out of a class; here: 'eva' picks out this first desire as against the second).
s4gloss
tat-tad-bhāvecchātmeti—asyās tad-bhāvecchātmikety anuvādaḥ |
tat-tad-bhāva-icchā-ātmā itithe phrase 'tat-tad-bhāvecchātma…' [in the base commentary he is following]
asyāḥof this [woman / longing] gen. sg. fem.
tat-bhāva-icchā-ātmikā itirestates the verse's 'tad-bhāvecchātmikā'
anuvādaḥis just a restatement — repeating what was already said, not new information
tat-tad-bhāva-icchā-ātmā iti — the words 'tat-tad-bhāvecchātma…'; asyāḥ tat-bhāva-icchā-ātmikā iti anuvādaḥ — are a mere restatement of 'her nature is the wish for that mood'.
Mukunda notes that the phrase 'tat-tad-bhāvecchātma…' simply restates the verse's own words 'tad-bhāvecchātmikā'. It is an anuvāda — a recap of what was already established, adding nothing new.
anuvāda (technical: a restatement of something already known/stated, as opposed to a fresh injunction; here: the phrase merely echoes the verse, so read it as recap not new claim).
s5gloss
tāsāṁ sakhī-svarūpāṇāṁ vraja-devīnām ||
tāsām'of those women' [in the verse] means —
sakhī-svarūpāṇāmof those who are companions by nature — the girlfriends gen. pl., glossing tāsām
vraja-devīnāmthe goddesses of Vraja — the vraja-gopīs
tāsām — 'of those'; sakhī-svarūpāṇām vraja-devīnām — means the vraja-goddesses whose nature is to be companions.
Mukunda pins down 'of those women' (tāsām): it means the vraja-devīs — the gopīs of Vraja whose very nature is to be sakhīs, companions. So the second longing belongs to the sakhīs, not to a nāyikā.
sakhī (the girlfriend/companion of the heroine; here: the gopī who wants the mood, not union — set against the nāyikā of the first type).
Viśvanātha Cakravartī
s1gloss
sambhogo’tra samprayogaḥ |
sambhogaḥthe word 'sambhoga''संभोग' (शब्द का अर्थ)
atrahere in the verse loc. of place-in-textयहाँ (इस प्रसंग में)
samprayogaḥmeans union (samprayoga)सम्यक् संयोग अर्थात् मिलन
sambhogaḥ — the word sambhoga; atra — here; samprayogaḥ — means union.
sambhogaḥ — 'संभोग'; atra — यहाँ; samprayogaḥ — सम्यक् संयोग (मिलन)।
Viśvanātha gives the same gloss as Jīva: here 'sambhoga' means samprayoga, union.
यहाँ 'संभोग' का अर्थ है सम्यक् संयोग अर्थात् मिलन।
s2gloss
kelir api sa evety āha—keli-tātparyavatī kriyā eva sambhogecchā-mayī bhaved ity arthaḥ |
keliḥ api sa eva'keli' too means that same thing — union picking up the point'केलि भी वही (संयोग) है' — इस बात को
iti āha— this is what he says by — introduces the lemma he is glossingऐसा (मूल का यह पद उठाकर) कहते हैं
keli-tātparyavatī kriyāthe activity whose aim is love-play he supplies 'kriyā', reading the adjective with an implied 'activity'जिसका तात्पर्य केलि में हो, ऐसी क्रिया ('क्रिया' शब्द जोड़कर)
evaprecisely that, and no otherही
sambhoga-icchā-mayīis made of the longing for unionसंभोग की इच्छामयी
bhavetis / turns out to beहोती है
iti arthaḥthat is the meaningऐसा अर्थ है
keliḥ api sa eva iti āha — to say 'keli too means that same union' he says: keli-tātparyavatī kriyā eva sambhoga-icchā-mayī bhavet iti arthaḥ — the meaning is, precisely the activity aimed at love-play is what is made of the longing for union.
keliḥ api sa eva — 'केलि भी वही है'; iti āha — यह कहते हैं; keli-tātparyavatī kriyā — जिसका तात्पर्य केलि में हो ऐसी क्रिया; eva — ही; sambhoga-icchā-mayī — संभोग की इच्छामयी; bhavet — होती है; iti arthaḥ — ऐसा अर्थ।
Viśvanātha spells out the first line. To make the point that 'keli' also means union, he supplies the word 'activity' (kriyā): the meaning is that precisely the activity aimed at love-play is the one made of the longing for direct union.
'केलि भी वही (संयोग) है' — यह कहने के लिए वे (मूल का यह पद) उठाते हैं। तात्पर्य यह है — जिसका तात्पर्य केलि में हो, ऐसी क्रिया ही संभोग की इच्छामयी होती है।
kriyā (Viśvanātha supplies this implied noun so the feminine adjective keli-tātparyavatī has something to modify — 'the activity/pursuit', i.e. this kind of loving pursuit).
'क्रिया' — विश्वनाथ यह अध्याहृत (छिपा हुआ) पद जोड़ते हैं, जिससे स्त्रीलिंग विशेषण 'केलि-तात्पर्यवती' को कोई विशेष्य मिल जाए — अर्थात् यह प्रेममयी क्रिया या प्रवृत्ति।
s3gloss
tāsāṁ śrī-kṛṣṇena saha bhāva-mādhuryasyāsvādane kāmitā kāmanā yasyāḥ sā tat-tad-bhāvecchātmikā ||
tāsāmof those gopīs gen. pl. fem.उन (नायिकाओं) की
śrī-kṛṣṇena sahatogether with Śrī Kṛṣṇa instr. + saha, the companionश्रीकृष्ण के साथ
bhāva-mādhuryasyaof the sweetness of the mood gen., what is savoredभाव की माधुरी के
āsvādanein the tasting — in savoring it loc., the sphere of the cravingआस्वादन में (जिसका विषय हो)
kāmitā kāmanāthe craving, i.e. the wish kāmanā glosses kāmitā'कामिता' अर्थात् कामना
yasyāḥin whom that wish lies gen. sg. fem., relativeजिस (तृष्णा) की हो
sāshe is the one so described resolving the bahuvrīhiवह (इस प्रकार बहुव्रीहि खुलता है)
tat-tad-bhāva-icchā-ātmikāshe is 'tat-tad-bhāvecchātmikā' — one whose nature is the wish for that very moodउस-उस भाव की इच्छास्वरूपा
tāsām — of those gopīs; śrī-kṛṣṇena saha bhāva-mādhuryasya āsvādane kāmitā kāmanā yasyāḥ sā — she in whom lies the wish to savor, together with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the sweetness of the mood; sā tat-tad-bhāva-icchā-ātmikā — she is the one 'whose nature is the wish for that mood'.
tāsām — उन (नायिकाओं) की; śrī-kṛṣṇena saha — श्रीकृष्ण के साथ; bhāva-mādhuryasya — भाव-माधुर्य के; āsvādane — आस्वादन में; kāmitā kāmanā — 'कामिता' अर्थात् कामना; yasyāḥ — जिसकी; sā — वह; tat-tad-bhāva-icchā-ātmikā — उस-उस भाव की इच्छास्वरूपा।
Viśvanātha unpacks the second type. For those gopīs, the craving is to savor the sweetness of the mood in company with Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The woman in whom that wish lies is the one the verse calls 'tad-bhāvecchātmikā' — whose very nature is the wish for that mood. Note that here the aim is to relish the sentiment alongside Kṛṣṇa, not union with him.
उन (नायिकाओं) की श्रीकृष्ण के साथ भाव-माधुर्य के आस्वादन में जो कामना ('कामिता' अर्थात् कामना) हो, वह तृष्णा 'तत्-तत्-भाव-इच्छात्मिका' कहलाती है।